“Well, if you’re sure,” I scratched at my cheek, head tilted to the side as I started at Hana puzzled. Honestly [i]I[/i] wasn’t quite sure if I liked that she had some sort of plan – who knows who’s bad side that could put her on? Then again in the cliques you were guaranteed to be against at least eighty percent of the rest of the school anyway. Was it eighty percent? Math isn’t my forte. I shake the thoughts of numbers out of my bed – I was already embarrassed by those once today – and instead focus on packing up my things. There was probably little I or anyone else here could do to change Hana’s mind, so at least it would be best to go watch the show. That and be there in case things go wrong – who knows what the other redhead was planning? 

“Alright, I’ll watch,” I added on for good measure, even as I went to follow after Jake’s path – a little bit after him of course, otherwise that might be suspicious. I gave one last nod to Hana as I went passed her – thanks for holding open the door – and ducked my head as I descended back to the main body of the school. It didn’t take long to find my little group of people I called friends, Ryan beckoning me over with a loud voice that dominated the air as soon as he saw me. The whole section was like that, actually – loud, a little obnoxious, a little competitive but all comfortable with each other. After all, this was our ‘family’ in these walls.

“I knew you couldn’t stay away,” Ryan quipped as soon as I took my seat by him, and I couldn’t help but snort and playfully shove him with my elbow.

“Well someone has to be the buffer between your dumb and the rest of the world,” Ryan laughed good naturedly at my comeback, some of the others around us joining in. He shook his head and ended on a low chuckle before leaning in, voice lowering – as much as someone like Ryan [i]could[/i] lower his voice – to speak in what I supposed was supposed to be a conspiratorial tone.

“So, you hear there’s a new girl in school? I got the best idea for her – between my manliness and your – well, your [you[/i]ness I’m sure we’ll have a leg up on all the other dorks around here,” He sounded so earnest that I had to hide my grimace, instead just nodding along as I glanced around, finding that most of us were in our usual spots – though I glazed over the cheerleaders to instead crane my neck around to look around the crowded area. Yep, if there was ever a time to put on a show, now was it – and fast since rumor was spreading. Hope she knew what she was getting into.